The Campaign to save Sutton Coldfield Library has launched a poster competition open to anyone aged under 18, to raise awareness of the proposed closure of the library by Birmingham City Council. I’ve been asked to judge the entries, more details are in this local newspaper article, deadline for submissions is 19th December. Sutton Coldfield library was my portal to the world as I grew up, I discovered art, design, history and fiction through browsing the shelves. I can hon

Illustrators owe it to themselves to be dissatisfied, to be unhappy with their work, their situation, their direction. It’s the constant burden all artists must face if they want to push forward their creativity. Never be complacent, always have something to gripe about. Creativity is galvanized by being unhappy with the way things are, for discomfort leads to change. This line of thought was prompted by a recent Campaign blog post by Steve Henry “Safe isn’t Safe” which empha